Volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue and the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust responded and waited several hours with the pup to determine whether the mother would return to feed the baby. She did not.

Sue Sayer of the Cornwall Seal Group was then joined by Tamara Cooper, curator at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, and they both headed down to the beach to rescue the newborn animal in a video shared by SWNS.

"We knew straight away that the pup needed rescuing and this might be our only chance to save its life,” Cooper said. "I was easily able to immobilize the pup with a towel and assess its condition.”

Thankfully, the animal wasn’t injured. It was bundled in a rescue back and carried to safety.